Yesterday, at the National Press Club, Brown did his best to stoke up anger against investors from “Switzerland, London, Calcutta, Beijing” and foreigners who, according to a study commissioned by the Greens and released yesterday, own 83 per cent of Australian mining companies.,,

Brown may have good intentions but he is economically illiterate. That illiteracy is likely to cost ordinary Australians dearly; many will lose their jobs and their standard of living is likely to fall….Â A lesson for Brown